The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-17 00:00:00

401\TEy MARKET AND °QIdhItItCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELTE o'CLocK. The gene ral money m ar k e t thi s morn i ng under a e10,51g pres sure for a ccommo d at i on presents a firmer earance than yesterday. The applications for telants have net been numerous, but having ex tit7ibeici. the recent average the joint stock and private lah alents, ever ready to make the best use of their eaPital, are charging 67 4 and 7 per cent. as 1111:, 11 : inimu co• The increase in the number of •n.s -4141; n ew Witnessed is only temporary, and it mar ket probable that before the close of the y oo a o ss . unae an easier aspect. 41:°tI l i t t :1 4 0 Att e , day. in gold was taken into the Bank ot it thel iorei ght upward movement too k p l ace in several r rui ° fgn exchang es yesterday afternoon. Beeje directors of the International Financial e f t7 have i ssued their report in ant i c i pat i on of lid tltt hoomin g meeting. The net profit on the Aid ti p capital of £750,000 (half of which was of join th e 2 8th of May and half on the 13th lib ts 3 7 ) is st ated at £199,950. This, however , th een ecl on the cost value of the securities held by ti e litcrcY, and, as t h ese i nc l u d e 17,140 shares in lite on l4 "°cs Bay C ompany, wh i c h are a t nearly 3 ke t C tit l a dedu c ti on o f a b ou t £50,000 must be t e k °ll that acc ount , a l t h oug h it i s un derstood to witilue in tention o f th e com p a ny not to part 47 i : fi llet :a at a sa cr ifi ce . Of th e f o regoing pro fits 4t la 0 is prop ose d to b e d i str ib ute d as a dividend 48; 10 . 0 1)4 share, equal to 25 per cent. per annum, nd aid to be appropriated to a reserved fu i lleot tl ,, ata ace Will then remain (after deducting the l'az, directors' commission, and taking blew 040 0's Bay shares at par) of £76,680. The f ke t in g of the Il e i h next. company is to be held on the Ist o e ile n k directors of the Agra and United Service (Pt h(Limited) hav e d ec lared the usual dividend Pet as ISt March), at the rate of £lO per cent. Ike i a : nu ra, for the six months ended 31st Dec l e t. m- NC' and a b onus o f £4 per share, making ao ghteec i t e -8 Per cent. for the past year, and in copse 4ve ° f the i ncreased b us i ness o f th e bank, they T h ' a sed the reserved fund to £225,000. r ii , r tli' lll p tlehe s Ayres Bonded Wharf and River 41 or ei t t ' 3lll Pany has been announced with a cap tek in 'BOO,OOO in shares of £2O each. The under -3/440 it „ ie designed to improve, and canalise the hie 4 l" del Capitan, a stream which naturally com- 11 4 4 8 0 t he trade of great interior rivers i about ow t heli t i„ 4- Yres, but the navigation of which ete et s ' y with heavy costs and difficulties; a s n n d n to . t thti l : ll4rf s and deposit stores on its bank, in co t kileL •w ith Buenos Ayres, by the San Fernando d that a line of 16 miles. It is officially estimate t ae t ;: e t ax upon the coasting commerce of the ro Ne e d ", from the want of the facilities now p to —t b e C onstructed, amounts to more than 3 : L t Ire, ll l , and the N a ti ona l C on gress at Buenos t therefor e , au th or i se d a scale of tolls for ',r ed ' l 9' 3 'qual to a r e t urn o f 18 per cent. on the Z tt icie ea P i tal, the wharfs, warehouses, &c.,re -44)18' t he prop er t y o f the company i n perpetuity. )e ars °:k is expected to be completed in about two 11 44; interest at 5 per cent. being e flowed mean- At th Two O'CLOCK. Re e Paris Bourse this morning, according to 1111 'te 43. d ell . ttr' telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were /4 t he f' 45e. to 66f. 77c. Firm. 1 4 41 , 11° Market for the English Funds to-day tle, 4liti gftt been little or hardly any fluctuation. Th e ele hi th g B have not been numerous, and Con s ols Pe r eereniained firm in the morning are now k°l 4l l3 a t. , l tttt er; the quotations being 91k fo r soci 91,1 a f The New Threes ac e d A %. or the account. `lnntlities are 911 I; Cent. An -5 per 9 1. s o i : 1,885, 1 44-; Red Sea Telegraph, 20i, '4IIE Stock er 'dente. 104 1 • a nd the:Bonds ss. die.; A • 23 ,,? g, . general as 237 ; and India Stock, 217 218. ork et b ut Price's e has taken place in the Foreign are no t quite at their best point. elides, 6 Per Cents,, 1862, are 681 69; do. Con -111?°111111i, 4 r, 81 49 ; Mexican, 39 ; Greek, 211 ; 4-ott4- Pas sive, 331 ; do. Certificates, 141 I ; 121 3 1144°, 47' 48; and the Confederate Loan , The sh Pto , i ; (t ree of the South Wales Colliery Co. were "Yl 4 l - ;" e rable demand early in the day at yeste 1144 41 1 1 5 t quotations, and the sales closed at 21 I D ipi . 8114 res of the City Mercantil e Club and NI; 4 , 411 Were in brisk demand to-clay, at )414 e tielis in the Railway Share Market has been l ' i 'tet tive, and a slight improvement has ta s ken , 111 Prices. Caledonian have advanced s. c i toti`tilt‘Northern, North-Eastern (Berwick), an 44 ' l'tt Eastern, 108 ; and London and Bright x o l n, 411 d Otrepolitan, • however. have declined • t ,'lad, 5 8 . 110 m at e Poreign and Colonial lines there has been ba s i t . ti4l alteration. ; tt taed - a " Miscellaneous shares continue in fair i ti o o and in some instances at enhanced q3uoo mPetial 4 ,gra and United Service realise 128 1 ; ank, 27' ; South Eastern Bank are . -. 1 °11 ,1 t1 s t l t ° 2 Prem. ; Ottoman Financial Associa l‘ P r e i ° 2 P'em.; and Land Securities Company, 1 4 ..,. /3 411N "14 ' 4 ,lt.i,,;`'Fi FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. bli 'en't --41 T PUNI,4 a . tt , 4 . Consols ' ' * 4 Pe ' Qe ° lnt m 911 1 L ev ? a At, it A , arch 5 .......... Q•rinn i t?er e. e 'tuced bitt ie e t ) aett; .... 911 1 / h bitt., ',°l' ap"e) expire sth Jan., 1880 .. '•Xch - 1 / 4 4 ( 4 Yre, expire sth April, 1885. 141 m e 9ller th . S % Telecrraph) Aug. 1908. 201 1. 6. 41 ° " 3 )41,00'0, 2 - 1 i 3 per Cent. 8 3 die 11 4 .,, 14 4 £5OO ............. 8 3 dis 1 ,VD.gi atici £lOO and ..... ...... 8 3 die 4 ri i( t.''lt/i. G 'tk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr. 239 7 bi, B toek I°.,:7Ig2tIINIENT SECURITIES• _ Ditto A n : ui per Cent., April 1874.... 218 7 Wto 6 .................... . • b ?,tt o 4Per Cent. July, 1670 ........ 1041 4 D ltt- ' 13 B unt.. - ........ 1 0 4 1 itt,,,. l: L.00o .44der 4 1 ,000 5 dis li r , FOl t . p . i . •••• - ; i11 A — ' l:ll ‘T FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. .4 0 44 - Per Cent '' t bi tto' 1839 and I ........ t he scrip, 186 B°9 .... tli i,) it:. s A 3 . 1.s ‘, 3, £55 paid .......... L. dis _. O AnTh 0 per Cent ~.4 a -,, um. kfcror 4 )61. C ent., Pti 44 ~ew C onsolidated 1 per Cent l4 Cit "to ' Per Cent ' cep second Issue it. Itt o Per Cent., 1824-5 ex-Coupons — a nT Q l c°llnt ........ 9 .. lott o A Per Cent klarielll ec onnt IS'i ci rk T aci Perial 5 per Cent ...... 39 i 1 9 i 8 i 1 ) .4 0 2 a ........................ 14 1 1 , itt,,,, Per Cent. I 'lliv; ' - 'eterred ...... -‘la 41 N o -4 Per e t ) 1 1)4 1 4) ~ oust " -itt - Per Ce nt. ... . )'itt ° count 4 11 4 l i Per 851 b. rc,,,, 4 ~ L ent., 1862 ipto A c , ) Per Cent., 1853 .......... 'OO3 ' ol .lnt .. — 8 it to P er Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 8 rpi,„ l , c ount .. ... 477 r 7l Ditt o 4 , Per Cent., 1822, £ 5t........ 9.1 D. Di t l Per Cent 1850 .... , itt, 0 L ui t , 3 Pe r lB6O t o r Cent. , 1859 Nj 5 Per ' .. 4 i Pll a p C ent, 1862 D it to _ P e r c ent I ,"itt, o '' b eeount ,i. ... En ,. -,-. , .. 1 , , q o A cc() -Utferred t t .tto P it "ant 451 4,,_ Ditto esiv e " I tNeh ke eonnt 3 31 1 1 1 t,yit t(l ; Cert • of funded D •ri, it.e c ,, euut Coup not . itt' 6 Per c . n .. . b itt ° R i ceon4 t* "°4 — 901 1 1 44 °- Per cotta _ b,, o k e , s _ nt. 1808 itto ,;-eunt lito' G ' l6 () Bonds — b tto Accountt. 186 . ) It'tt4 N .. too it ,no n 3 Bonds 6SI 91 i ) to 4 . „ Per Cp ut Vtti l , 6 unt .. 25 ot, z , A Per Cent., 1862 14 '''eeount .... 0 1 A B.Per Cent • 13 1,'' , 4 1 ,. . ivid en ,, o t , t %rn tn, 5 , 8 on the above payable in Lond ,n. itgii ll 2i per Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 66 1.);`! 11 ) 5 „,_ Cent., Ex. 12 Guil . 641 'to 4).7 Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. ' oo 'ut.... 66a .0,, ~ ... t , i THREE O'CLOCK, bl t . ll INlo ne .4.) Ascount 91 1 911 1 A0 ) 00,, P te tt- CONSPIRATOR MAZZINI IS said. to be Aereviith " 44 t he is often without a shilling in hi§ pocket t° Purchase the neceasaries of life. i O yt n o) Oct Ol t 11° ce ll a l. , 01 0 art 0000, V° 0 I ' l 6 0"'j or a° 4.1 .00 4 0 1 , e ro vfv, a 1° 1 0 ` ) c ioo a 0 1 II ° t ror of" — 0 7 1 ;0 0 , e , o e et ,e , I °llle lo 6 :01"'d BEARE MARKETS. ---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. Paid. Closing Bir., Wol., and Str.Vah Blythe and Tyne...... Bost.,Sleat.,andNlid 00. Bristol and Exeter ... • Caledonian ... Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wa" Do A A gets no dig' Do. B till 6p c.l) an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. ,G rest Eastern, Ord. stk 81 - - Fi 8/ 84 E 6 121 1211 6i 4 37 39 16 17 94 96 106 108 49 50 47 49 7/ 8i - _ Ditto A stock Ditto East A ngli an st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do Is do Gt. S. an i W. of Irelan , Great Western • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire fiYorkshire London and Biaolcws.ll Lon., Bright.,,k S. Coast Lon., Chat., arid Dover. Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Sty,th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. • 130 131 136 137 134 136 95 97 641 65 1101 1114 72 74 104 106 40 42 1091 110} 100 101 52 53 1 DOI shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmine. Sc Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Perth, & Dundee Nth Ea tern—Be rwio Do, G.N.E. purohas , Do Leeds 106 107 i 13C1 1301 99 If 1p 101 52} 65 25 t 6 102 f 10% 58 59 91} Dli Do fork Do Carlisle.. ..... North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoci, Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpool Sh r opshire Union (South Devon ,South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington 125 130 14 26 p 79 80 11 11i 123 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 23 24 HI es} 99 101 91 101 38 39 91 101 v 7" 8 t, 165 170 54 6 t. 3 4 P Do Do New, WC, Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. &R West Midland -Oxford NewportDo Do Hereford 67 90 167 172 BRITISEi P aallWayB Itiantic & St Lawrena Lionk.,llaroda&.Cent Ind Gu. syer cent— ..... Do. New . Do. E. 5hare5......... Buffalo and LaKe Huron Do. Preference .... • • Bufralo,Brant,&G odricli 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, IS7'o Do. do. June 1,1 S Clcutta. sr S. E as tn. (Liu Cape Town 2~ Dock Seri! Eaetn. Bengal go. 5 p. Nast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. del erred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... (3 t. Ind' aPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer 23 25 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 59 b 1 lo2i lo3i p 1 p I ) i 1 51P 5 8 9 100 102 99 101 1046 )056 103 104 * I t f PP lgi 20ir 72 14 56 60 65 67 49 55 49 62 33 (2 26 28 22 t 5 103 104 P 1 t I 102 103 9i gi: lOU 92 94 85 87 P 41) 102 103 96 93 92 96 - 1)O, New ..... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 56 p. o. do. 77-8....' Indian. Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. ft p. o. Extension Dc. 44 d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bndb. Melb. ,Sr Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &Wag. Bds. NewßrUOsmok ,t Cand a Class A. and B. N. itl.C'dad pa Ist pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , Do. Indum.St. Flo.) 58 60 all 100 ( 100 100 2 all ,100 too 3 6 82 84 102 103 102 103 *AP IC2 103 97 99 COLONIAL OUVERNMENT SgCURITIES. p.e.J &Jut) 1877-84 lOO 101 103 1025 15 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 99 101 Do. dp. c.Mar. & Sept 100 102 104 1035 Do.I p. 0. Jan.&July - 10(' 89 111 90 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 105 107 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 1 00 108 110 D o . 189( 100 1 09 111 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 ; Celon N0v.1878, 6 c 100 110 112 111 Ma y uritius 6 per cent lOO 105 107 100 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 107 109 'N.8.G0v.6 a.&Jul) 100 101 103 101 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. (I ov. 5 p 1,18r4 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,18t1 to 127 f 100 99 10i Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 091 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 :Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 6OO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 - Do. to 6 0.0. An.&Oot.. 100 ,1095 1104 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol; Gold 1 ' 5 fd uldlord. Amalgamated.. 37 18 Devcn G. Cone. "f avist.) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 71 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Icl par East Caradon ...... 2.14.0 28 29 281 9 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 7 75 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 65 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 10 11 Great South Tolgus.... 17$ :G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston , 40 185 195 Grenville 6.16. t 5 54 51 Herz:Xs-Foot 8.12 15 37 El ingston Downs 4 . 18.0 41 51 5 Lady Bertha Ilargaret (lJny Lelant 94 17 19 Marke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 14 I d New Setun l9l 80 90 - - North Downs 2/ 11 25 N.NVII'I Basset (Mo. - fan 3.1.0 2 25 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze); Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 440 (60 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 875 625 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 6 famar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 fin Croft 9 20 21 West Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12 W CG radon (Liskeard) 5 56 58 --West Seto Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 80 85 Wheal Buller ( Redruth) 10 43 46 Wheal Kitty (I.T.Lelant) 2. 0. 6 WhealLudcott Wheal DlaryAnn (Lien ) 8 135 144 Wheal 3eton 585 170 180 177 VirhealTrelawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 IVbeal Union 3.1 7 25 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 115 Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pf., 981 Great Western, Chester 5 p.c. pf. stock, 102 M anc hester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent rd., 51 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1301 North Eastern York H. and Selby purchase, 101 S ou th Eastern , (Reading Anns., £1.0.6), 23/ 3 South Eastern fixed 41 per cent., 1004 PREFEIIENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, ii per cent. pref. B, 10 London, Brighton, itc., 41 per cent., 1858, Ditto, new 41 per cent., 1863, 21 1 LINES LEASED A.l: FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 551 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 1 Dutch Rhenish, 17 t i , Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 114 Recite and San Francisco (Bin.), gua. 7 per - cent., 171 Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo (lim.), gua..7 per cent., 74 Ditto (all), 201 1 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, I'l Cape Copper, him, 7/ 8 1 Cobre Copper, 361 4 Don Pedro, Noah 1)el Rey, Mont. Aureos Brasil Gold Min. Co., 21 Scottish Australian, lim., United Mexican (lim;, 7 611 Yudanturtutana of S. Austrians aim.), 21 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. )Agra and United Service (lim.), 128 7 30 27 S Alliance Bank of Lon ..an and Liverpool (UM.), 4747 8 Ditto, new, 33 1 Anglo Austrian, 6 51 A.ustralasia, Ditto, new, 474 • Bank of Egypt, 26 Bank of utago, lim., 34 British and American Exchange (lim.), 19 1 British North American. 481 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 46 51 6 Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 33/ 3 Chartered of India, London, and China, 69 70 681 91 ,2 Consolidated Bank, lien., 104 Continental, lim., 81 Hindustan, chi a, and n Japan (Bin.), 301 30 in imperial Bank (lim.), 27 7 8 Imperial Ottoman, 181 India 1 L an d Mortgag,e Bank of , lim., 4 London, Buenos Ayres, and River 5 Plate, 491 Ditto, new, issued at 14 pin , London Chartered Bank ot 8 Australia, 26 1 Lon d o n and Comity, 5i 76 London Joint Stock, :18 71 London and South African, 271 1 • London and South -Western (lim.), 14 London and Westminster, 791.84 9 v Bank aim.), 24 34 41 1 N a ti ona l Provincial ofEngland , ,Meetrrcohpa.n atLaynkro, 1 11 . i Ditto, new, 4 0 4 Oriental Bank Corp o ration. 64 1 Provincial of Ireland, Ditto, new, 35'1 Scinde, Putijaub. and Delhi, lim., 7 6/ Ditto, new. 64 South Australia, 391 Union of Australia,. 53 21 195 Union of Ireland (lam .) ' .), I Union of London, 4 3 4 2 4 3 r• stook stook stook stock stock stock stockl, stock gtook Business done. ion 49i i I 129 k 30k 1361 t 651 5 ill i 11 110} 10 91 10 100 i I 62i IC6j i 5 1301 1 541 4 104 10 6 961 1 6 Fwd. all Business done 100 100 100 100 100 100 1054 104 31 103 j i 103 9 1 I THh SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1864. DOCKS. London, 731 Victoria, 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 1 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira., 2 i British Indian Tea, lirn., 5; Canada Company, 75 Crystal Palace, 331 ; Ditto, pref., 1131 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpctl. deb. 1121 Discount Corporation, limited,:lol Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., Si English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Rm., 7 1 7 General Steam Navigation, 281 Hudson's Bay, 171 International Financial Society, 121 1 12 Joint •stock Discount, Um., 63,. a London Financial Association, Rm., 261 6 London General Omnibus Company, 213 3 London Provincial Marine, 21 3 Mercantile Credit Association, 8 National Discount Company, lira., 21 i 11; 11; 12 National Steam Navigation, Pan., 57 4 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Una., 201 Ocean Marine (Insurance), 181 Peel River Land and Mineral, 431 Peninsula andpriental Steam. 71 8 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 261 Ditto (4), 41 Royal Mail Steam, 86 5i Societe Financiere d • Kgypte, lira., 4; Universal Marine (Insurance), lira., 5} a LITERATURE. English Writers. The Writers before Chaucer, with an introductory sketch of the Four Periods of English Literature. By Henry Morley. One vol., pp., 778. Chapman and Hall. Mr. Morley has undertaken an ambitious task. He has, as he reminds us, attempted to tell " with something of the sustained interest of national bio graphy, the story of the English mind. When the first pages were written" he goes on say, " it seemed possible to do this by illustrating main principles with little regard to completeness of detail. But detail is the life-blood of all healthy generalization, and it was soon found that more blood must run through the body of the story if there was to be any force at all in the expreesion of its character. To a larger scale therefore the work has now been planned, but it will be strictly limited to three volumes, each complete in itself, with an Index." The large and elaborate scale on which the work was ultimately planned is evidenced by the goodly volume now before us, in which after 700 pages of minute analysis and careful research we only arrive at last at Chaucer, the father of English verse. Truly Mr. Morley with an over attention to detail has fallen into the error of so many historians and narrators who, deeply impressed with the importance of the theme on which they are engaged, think it necessary to begin as the saying is even " before the beginning." The size and elaboration of this work will, we are inclined to think, deter many from undertaking a close scrutiny of its pages ; those who venture to do so will admire the pa tience, and perseverance, and editorial discrimina tion of which it affords such praiseworthy evidence. As a work of reference for the book-selves it will be found invaluable, while the two following volumes which are promised will of necessity possess greater attractiveness for the general reader than can be claimed for these introductory chapters. Mr. Morley returns thanks to his fellow•ptudents in the evening classes at King's College, Who, representing " the quick-witted intelligence of the great middle •class of English society, bring unflagging energy to studies of their choice." In all his deep and widtly diffused investigations, Mr. Morley recognises in the writers of the past, even in periods of remote antiquity, the English mind predominant through all our literature. His own work is in itself a his tory and an evidence of some of the noblest charac teristics of the theme of which it relates. A Box for the Season : A Sporting Sketch. By Charles Clarke, author of " Charlie Thornhill." Two Vols. Chapman and Hall. The lovers of sport, especially of steeple-chasing. cannot do better than avail themselves of Mr. Tom Crackenthorpe's agreeable invitation to share with him in the perils and pleasures of his sporting box at Lushenham Chateau, in the neighbourhood of Pumpington, which he has taken for the season, having selected a locality famous for " the biggest fences, the widest brook, the largest grass field, and the sloshiest mud in the kingdom." To this happy resort Tom Ci'ackenthorpe and his fides achates Bobby Munster gladly welcome all comers. We cannot say that the story of which these gentlemen are the heroes, possesses any very absorbing or concentrated interest, or that it is written in a style of particular elegance; but it abounds with life and animal spirits, will provoke many a hearty laugh, and among the catastrophes of its closing chapters includes a happy marriage of a supposed heiress—a marriage which " was very like an Armstrong shell: for it disabled the couple itself, two fathers, a mother, several sisters, and an indiscriminate phalanx of money-lending Jews." The chateau at Lushenham has passed into other hands, but we are glad to learn that it continues to this day the pleasantest Bachelor's Box in the county. The Smuggler Chief. By Gustave Aimard. Two Vols. John Maxwell and Co., Fteet-street. The translator of M. Aimard's story, " The Smuggler Chief," in his preface tells us, " That if there has been any fault In the author's previous works it is that the ladies introduced are too subor dinate, but in the present tale the primary interest hinges upon them, and they are the most prominent characters." We cannot for our part but regret that M. Aimard did not place his heroines of the book under review, in the same unattractive and subordinate position as the female characters in his other works, for we should not in that case be scan dalized by the want of modesty of Inez and Maria, and shocked by the indecency of the scenes in which they are unwillingly compelled to bear a part. The incidents recounted in "The Smuggler Chief" are irreconcileable with all probability, and the growth of the friendship which has sprung up between Diego and Lean, from the accident of the latter having rescued the former from the fangs of a panther which had overpowered him, is accounted for in a manner quite inconsistent with Diego's own subsequent account of his previous mode of exist ence for many years before ; he had been a spy, sent by his people to dwell amongst the Spaniards to ascertain the nature of their tactics, the strength of their armies and fortresses, and thus discover the best means of attacking and overthrowing their power ; but our author tells us, forgetting all this, that Diego's unbounded affection for his friend arose from " The sublime self denial of virgin natures whom the narrow civilisation of towns has not degraded." Why Diego, who turns out to be the most powerful, anci talented, of the Indian chiefs, should be called a " half-caste" we are at a loss to discover; and still more are we surprised that a merciless savage, such as he is represented to be, should have so often spared Leon, who not only taunted him with his crimes, but baulked him of his revenge when he was completely in his power. " I believed you to be a man of heart, and you are a precious brute," exclaimed Leon, " I no longer hate you, I despise you." ...." I curse you, and I swear by the ashes of my mother, that if you let me leave this place, my vengeance shall pursue you; you will ever find me on your road, ready to fight you, and overthrow your plans." Notwithstanding this declaration of hostility Leon is allowed to leave the Indian camp, where he bad come without protection, and when " the friends" meet again, it is in the shock of arms, at the sack of Santiago, where Diego, covered with blood, and fighting like a de mon, has smote down the brother of Leon's mis tress with a blow of his axe, and is about to de spatch him, "A t last," he said. At the same moment he received a violent blow, and he fell back blaspheming. He rose with lightening speed, and saw Leon Deibes before him, who had rolled him in the dust by dashing his horse's cheat at him. " 0o," exclaimed the Indian, as he let his axe fall, 0 always he between this family and me." And then the clemency seems all on the side of Leon, who, knowing that Diego had dishonoured his in tended sister-in-law, would quietly have allowed the unrelenting enemy of all he holds dear to depart, at the very moment when his destruction would have secured victory to the side on which he fought, were it not for the interposition of one of his fol lowers, who shot him dead. Some portions of this book are graphically written, and the author seems to be intimately acqnainted with the habits and manners of the South American Indians; but it is absolutely unfit for the perusal of pure-minded persons, and we cannot but regret that at a time when our own light literature teems with immo rality, an English gentleman should have added to our stock of mischievous productions, by borrowing from the French, Age st lb Stockovner .. 4 7 2 Muezzi n. .. 4 7 2 Nebula .. 4 7 0 Gratitude 4 7 0 Amelia .. 4 7 0 Soapstone .. .. 4 7 0 Tademis 4 7 0 Prince Lee 800 .. 4 6 13 Barber .. .. 4 613 Trap .. 4 6 12 Crisis .. .. 3 6 11 Evelina .. 3 6 11 Lady Superior .. 4 611 Amazonian .. 4 6 11 Gently Kitty colt.. 4 6 10 Kempton .. 4 6 9 Durham .. .. 3 6 8 Horse Marine .. 3 6 8 Midnight Mass .. 3 6 7 Caryophyllus .. 3 6 5 Voluvas .. 4 6 5 Glendtvk 3 6 5 Lord Zetland .. 3 6 b Sir Roger .. 3 6 4 Young-Rapid .. 3 6 3 Lady Emma .. 4 6 3 Echo .. 3 6 2 The Count .. 3 6 2 Bangle .. 3 6 2 Welbeo .. 3 6 1 Woodcraft .. 3 6 0 Moulsey 3 6 0 Bacchus .. 3 6 0 Lady Hylda .. 3 6 13 Beadle .. 3 6 12 Highland Piper 3 512 Ostentation .. 3 5 11 Dispute .. 3 611 Battaglia .. 3 6 10 Lucky Star .. 6 3 10 Bonus • • .. 36 9 Wandering Minstrel 3 5 9 Redcap • • .. 35 9 The Sea Boy •" 3 5 9 Rigolboche .. 3 5 8 Hawkshaw .. 3 5 8 Ccnfederate .. 3 5 8 Oberon .. 3 6 8 Lytham .. 3 6 8 Queenßee byAcrobat 3 5 7 Lady Milton .. 3 7 Bittern .. 3 5 7 Guerilla .. 3 5 7 Lobelia • • •. 3 5 7 T e mplar .. 3 6 7 dicap of 25 soya each. R.M. Age st lb Adventurer 5 9 4 Twilight a 9 2 Lawyer (h b) ~ 6 9 1 La Toucques .„ 49 0 Stradella .. 5 8 13 The Knave .. 6 8 12 Giraffe colt .. 4 8 12 Umpire .. ~ a 811 Gemma 6 8 10 Bathilde 6 8 7 Tippler • • .. 48 7 Exchequer .. 6 8 6 Berkeley .. 5 8 6 General Hess .. a 8 6 Carisbrook .. 5 8 6 Donybrook .. 4 8 3 Onesander .. 4 8 3 Bertha .. .. 5 8 3 Blondin. .. 4 8 2 Tom Fool 4 8 1 Hospodar .. 4 8 1 Vivid .. .. 4 8 0 King of the Vale .. 4 8 0 Marigold .. .. 48 0 St. Alexis .. 6 8 0 Sea King .. .. 4 7 13, Beverley .. .. 6 7 1 3 Gladstone .. 4 7 13 Fantail .. 4 7 13 Despair .. .. 57 13 Suburban a 7 12 Blue Mantle .. 4 7 12 Leonora .. .. 5 712 Innellan 5 7 12 Flying Fish .. 4 7 10 Miss Armstrong 4 710 Cadiz .. .. 4 7 10 Taj e .. 4 7 9 Union Jack .. 3 7 9 Golden Dust .. 4 7 8 Oscar .. 4 7 8 'humps .. 4 7 8 Jarnicotoa 4 7 7 Blarney .. •• 3 7 7 Merry Hart .. 47 7 Newmarket • . 4 7 6 Dr. Syntax .. 47 5 Coup d'Etat •• 3 7 S toc ki nger .. 5 7 5 Flash in the Pan .. a 7 4 Black Lily 6 7 4 Charlemagne •• 4 7 4 Dolphin .. .. 4 7 4 Summerside .. 47 4 Comet •• •• 4 7 2 BIRMINGHAM ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. TUESDA.T. The Hunters' Plate of 25 hove, for horses that had never won a handicap steeplechase ; four-yr-olds and upwards; winners of any steeplechase extra; gentlemen riders ; professionals 7 1 b extra. About three miles. Mr Digby Collins' s Ex p r ess, aged, 13st 7 1 b (in. 141 b ex,) (Owner) 1 Mr J. Milward, a jun.'--* Jocular, aged, l2st 71b (Mr James) 2 (Mr Stanford) 3 Mr Robinson's Tattler, aged, 13st (inc. 71 b ex.) Mr Jones's Killarney (la), a ged, Mr T, Ivens's Huntsm an, aged, 13st 21b (inc. 91 b ex.) ged, 13st 21b (inc. 91 b ex.) (B. Land) 4 (Owner) 5 Th e following also ran, :.....Errand Boy, Nawmin ster mare , Miss Hawthorne , HighHi Pressure, Killarney, Hermit, a nd Achyranthes colt. Ch get Jocular and Hermit , 5 to 1 agst Mr, Chadwick's Killarney, 7 to 1 ags t the Newmin atßeremttianrge—: to Pressure. Hermit made the running until within half a mile of the finish, where he was head ed by Express, Jocular , and Mr. Jones's Killarney , the lat ter having just previously pa ssed hi s namesake, who comB to 1 1 agsteach agst poundi ng a couple of fences from home, was stopped in company with Hermit. The issue, two fences from home, rested between Express and Jocular, and the former having advantage of a slight lead at the second fence from the finish, continued in front to the end, and won by two lengths. Mr. Jones's Killarney, who was a bad third, beat Tattler by half a length, and Huntsman, who was knocked over by Miss Hawthorne while crossing the Park, cantered in many lengths behind Tattler. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; winners extra. Two miles and a half. Mr Hannaway's Telegram, aged, 10st 71b (inc. 71b ex.) (J. page) 1 Mr Downe's Arlescott, (h. b), 10st .... .... (G. St eve ns) 2 Mr. Dixon's Old Squ ire, aged, lOst lib (Barton) 3 Mr. E. Green's Deception, aged, lOst 101 b .. (C. Boyce) 4 Mr Handford's The Screw, aged, lO st 7 1 b (Thorpe) 5 Mr. Holman's Stan ton, 6 yrs, lOst 121 b .. (G, Holman) 6 Mr Hervey's Princess ltoYalt aged, 10st (G. Waddington) 0 Betting-6 to 2 agst The Screw, 3to 1 agat Deception, 4 to 1 agst Telegram, 5 to 1 each agat Arlescott and Old Squire. Telegram held the lead for about a tulle, after which Old Squire went to the front, but was deprived of the lead again fully half a mile from home by Telegr am , who was at tended on either side by the Old Squire and Arlescott, the rest being in close attendance over the second fence first 1 from home, which wascleared by Telegram, who stalled off Arlescott's rush, and won by half a length; a neck only divided the second and third; Deception a bad fourth. The Birmingham Grand Annual Steeplechase of 15 sovs, 5 ft, with 100 added; certain penalties and allowances. About three miles and a half. Mr Adam's Chamade, aged, lOst 71b (G. Holman) 1 Mr Astley's Arbury, aged, list lib Captain Tempests Merrimac, aged, lOst 131 b.. (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Avalanche, Little Lady, Pre mier, and Magician. Betting-2 to 1 agst Merrimac, 3to I agst Arbury, 9to 2 agst Chamade, 7 to 1 (at first 4 to 1) agat Avalanche, 10 to 1 each agst Premier and Magician. Little Lady made play, followed by Premier, Magician, Arbury, Merrimac, Avalanche, and Chamade last. Beyond several alterations in position nothing of importance oc curred, as the lot were ail full of running, until half the distance had been run, when Chamade took up the run ning, followed by Avalanche, Magician, and Premier, Ar bury and Little Lady being the last two, but on going down the hill towards the plough land these latter two drew towards the leaders. The race was virtually over a mile from home, Chained° taking a long lead, which she maintained to the end, and won by eve lengths. Two SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 1 BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. Business this day, at the Subscription Rooms was ex tremely dull, not a bet being made on the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, or any of the Spring Handicaps. For the Liverpool Steeplechase Bantam remained the favourite, but 11 to 1 was offered against him, whilst 100 to 7 was taken about Emblem, and 100 to 6 each Real Jam and Emble matic, and 40 to 1 Thomastown.—Colonel Bathurst's nomination was in demand for the Waterloo Cup, and, at the finish, 25 to 1 was taken freely about it. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Bantam (offered) • 100 to 7 agst Emblem (taken) 100 to 6 agst Real Jam (taken) 100 to 6 agst Emblematic (taken) 20 to 1 agst Medora (taken) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (offered) 40 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 on the field (offered) THE WATERLOO (C )URSING) CUP. 12 to I agst Mr H. Haywood's nomination (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (taken) 20 to 1 agst Colonel Bathurst's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr Knowles's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr Dunlop's nomination (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Lord Binning's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr Jones's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Gregson's nomination (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr Molyneux's nomination (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr Callender's nomination (taken) THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. The following is the result of the drawing for the Water loo Cup, which commences this day (Wednesday) : Mr Garnett's Glendhu agst Mr Irving's Skedadle Mr Spinks's Sea Pink agst Mr Gordas Great Expectations Mr Blanshard's Babs agat Mr Bardea's Drop of Drink Mr Lloyd's Patent against Mr Savages's Storekeeper Mr Gibsm's Golf agst Mr Ru3sell's Reliance Mr Campbell's Cadazooro apt Mr blundell's Saladin Mr Brundrit's Burgomaster agat AU Bake's Detector Captain Molyneux's Streamer agst Lord Uffington's Retri- but ion Lord Eglinton's Rainbow sgst Mr E. W. Haywood's Coorooran Mr E. W. Haywood's justice ag et Mr Hornb y 's Heiress Mr Keigh's Be Quiet agst Dlackstock's Beckford Mr Jones' Julia Mannering age t Mr Cheshire's Liver p ool MrDunlop's Marshall Forward agst Mr Long's Cheer Boys Mr Cunningham's Hopbine agst Mr H. Hayward's Rebel Mr Green's Gipsy Queen agst Lord Binning's Donald Mr Gregson's Roaring Meg agst Mr Mather's Welcome Mr Ranclell's Don Felix agst Colonel Bathurst's Owersby Mr Morrall's Imperatrice aget Mr Steele's Spider Mr Borron's Blush Rose agst Mr Hylsop's Dunoon Mr Knowles's Tamar agst Mr Armistead's Lady Stormont Mr Williamson's King Death agst Mr Jardine's Innocence Mr Cloudsdale's Good Idea agst Mr Massey's Baron Nicholson Mr Warrall's White Sky agst Mr Brown's Bruin Lord Lurgan's Master Sweeney agst Mr Brocklebank's Blackpool Mr Croft's Guild Belle agst Lord Grey de Wilton's Glen- dower Lord Sefton's Sparkle agst Mr Lyon's See Clear Mr Graham's Exhibitor agst Lord Bcctive's Lady Java Mr Thompson's Tullochgoram agst Lord Bateman's Blue Bell Mr Stocker's Black Bess agst Mr Lie Campbell's Cala- baroono Mr Bruce's Bright Cloud agst Mr Bartholomew's Hylax Mr Johnstone's Jesabel agst Mr Lister's Chloe Mr Bland's Beadle of Paris agst Mejor Boothby's Dixie ..................• NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Arlin. 25. The Prince of Wales Stakes of 200 toys, added to a Han• lengths separated the second and third. Nothing else passed the post. The Scurry Handicap of 25 sovs ; winners extra. Two miles. Mr Murray's Gift, aged, lOst llb (Mr Edwards) 1 Mr Rich's Lady Lovell, aged, 9st 101 b .... (J. Holman) 2 The following also ran :—Jerry, Arimasplan, and Corsair, Betting-7 to 4 agst Gift, 2to 1 agst Arimaspian, Bto 1 agst Lady Lovell. Won by three lengths. Mr. F. Bell's La Victime foaled a splendid bay colt on the 12th inst. to Thormanby, which has since been named Birdforth. _ _ Sister to Knutsford, 3-yr-old, and the yearling colt by Voltigeur, out of Melissa, are dead. SCRA.TCHINGS.—Feb. 6, at 12 35 p.m., Sampson (dead) out of all engagements—Feb. 5, at 9 a.m., King Cotton out of Linconshire and City Handicaps, Lincoln—Fob. 8, at 9 a.m. Crusade out of Hurdle Race, Lincoln—Feb. 12, at 9 a.m., Dunkeld out of the Rous Handicap, Chelmsford ; after G p.m., all Mr. F, Fisher's horses out of Chelmsford engagements—Feb. 13, at 9 a.m., Kingswood out of Rous Handicip, Chelmsford—Feb. 15, at 9 a.m„ Donnybrook out of Liverpool engagements; POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A MURDEROUS AFFRAY.—A FIGIIT IN THE DARX....— Wm. Larendon, described as an interpreter, and residing at 19, Adam and Eve-court, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with violently assaulting a female named Susan Norman. The injured woman was unable to attend, and the fol [owing certificate was handed to the magistrate Middlesex Hospital, Feb. 17. I hereby certify that Susan Norman is too ill to attend ,he court. G. E. PYLE, House-surgeon. Martin, 133 E, said—About three o'clock this morning I heard a cry of " Police," and on going towards Adam and Eve-court I met a woman with a large patch of blood on her dress. I asked her how she came by it, and she said, "If you come with me I will show you." I then went to 19, Adam and Eve-court, and there found the sister of the woman who had spoken to me, with her face badly cut and bleeding. The woman, whose name I ascertained to be Susan Norman, was insensible, and her sister told me that the prisoner was the man who did it, All the prisoner said was that there was no occasion to send for a doctor. This morning I received a certificate from the hospital (as above). Mary Ann Curtis said the prisoner and Susan Norman had some words. A dish was thrown, and then the plates were all thrown at eaeh other, the place being in total dark ness at the time. When a light came Susan Norman was bleeding furiously. I beard the plates going at one another, but I cannot say whether Susan Norman hit the prisoner or not. The whole of the crockery in the place was smashed by the prisoner and Susan Norman throwing the things at one another. We had all had a good drop to drink. Thomas Boyce, 55 E—On going to the second floor of the house I found the injured woman lying in a pool of blood. I took her to the hospital. The prisoner's wife said he had done it, but the prisoner did not say anything. Mr. Tyrwhitt said I shall remand the prisoner, bat will take bail, WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A SERVANT.—THE DIFFI CULTIES OF THE LAW.—William Ellis, a young man, formerly in the employment of Mr. Damack, cowkeeper and dairyman in the Falham-road, was charged with being drunk and annoying his master. Complainant said that is the middle of the day yesterday the defendant insisted upon having his wages and being discharged, when complainant paid him up to the time, the amount being Ils Bd, and permitted him to go about his business. In the evening he returned drunk and demanded twopence more; he made a disturbance in the shop, and then went into the yard, and, by loud talking, collected a crowd of persons round the premises, to whom, among other things, he said that neither the business nor the cows be longed to complainant. In order to get rid of the annoy ance, his daughter gave the defendant the 2d for which he had asked ; but he came in again and repeated his annoy ance ; however, when he saw the police coming, he took himself off with two men who had accompanied him. Com plainant called the constable, and gave him into custody. Mr. Arnold—What for ? Complainant—For creating a disturbance at my house. SECONIJ► EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) DANISH ORDER FOR THE CAPTURE OF ALL GERMAN VESSELS, HAMBURG, Feb. 17, 12.45 p.m.—Official notifica tion has been given by the Danish Government to the Secretary of the Prussian Legation at Copen hagen, that orders have been issued to Danish men-of-war to capture all German vessels. LOST, a SMALL BUNCH of GOLD SEALS was under the consideration of Government, he would with. and WATCII KEY, with Brequet Chain, on Tuesda y, d ra w hi s bill. the 16th inst. A handsome Reward will be given on its Leave was then given to withdraw the bill. return to Advertiser, at 112 , Strand. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a wilt was ordered for the election of a member for the county of Dorset, irt the room of Mr. Henry Kerr Seymour, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The house then adjourned at 3 o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) NARRACOTT Y. NARRACOTT AND HESKRTH. This was a petition presented by the husband praying f or divorce on the ground of adultery, The damages were laid at £lO,OOO. From the opening statement of the learned counsel it ap. peered that the petitioner, in 1859, had some suspicions of the conduct of his wife on account of the neglect she exhi bited towards her family, and this state of things continued during the following year, 1860. It was not until 1861 that the petitioner was satisfied his suspicions of his wife's fidelity were well founded, when, being at Torquay on a, visit, he accused her of her bad conduct, and eventually, os. the 18th of August, 1861, he turned her out of doors, and instituted the present proceedings. The respondent and co-respondent both pleaded denial. The marriage having been proved, Maria French, residing at Teignmouth, said that in the year 1861, a lady calling herself Mrs. Hope, came and en.., gaged apartments in the house of her mistress. She came about a quarter-past nine in the evening. Two bed rooms and a Bitting room were engaged. A gentle man came the same evening about ten o'clock, and remained there the whole of the night. The photo gr_ _ _ .aphs put into hand are those of the lady and gentleman who passed the night in her house.. She was certain they occupied the same bed from the circumstance that she saw them together on the occasion of her taking up ru►u anti milk to them the next morning. The photographs were then put in as being those of Mrs, Narracott and Mr. Hesketh. Ann Gilpin, domestic, at 6, Courtney-terrace, Teign.-1 mouth, also identified the photographs as those of a lady and gentleman who occupied apartments in her mistresa'll house. The lady gave her name as Mrs. Hope. Several witnesses were then called to prove that the respondent and co-respondent were seen walking together in unfrequented parts of Torquay. Jane Row, a domestic servant, formerly in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Narracott, said—Master always treated his wife as a husband ought to do. She was continually absent during the whole of the day, and when she returned and hei husband asked her to account for her absence she alwaya refused to do so. Mr. Narracott could not have treated his wife with harshness and unkindness without her knowledge, The Queen's Advocate, on the part of the respondent, said he should give the jury the converse of the case which had just been laid before thew, and he felt when they h a d heard it, they would be of opinion that the co-respondent ought:not to pay a farthing. Eight months aft er the marriage the husband commenced a series of acts of cruelty which, when the facts were before them, they would see that in a great measure, if not entirely, he had no person but himself blame for all the unhappines that had fallen upon him. _ _ The mother of the respondent was then examined. Her evidence went to show that she was averse to the match; but notwithstanding that opposition, the marriage took place, and for two years afterwards she never saw her daughter. About that time she called:upon her, and she told her that her husband was in the habit of cruelly ill treating her. The case, which was proceeding when we went to pressis is not expected to conclude to-day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) SIR A. TITCHBORNE. This bankrupt was described as of Arlenford Park, aid this was an adjourned meeting for last examination an 4 discharge. Mr. Lawrence said the matter had been adjourned in order that an arrangement might be completed for payment of the creditors in full. They had already been paid 15a in the pound, and in a very short time there would be funds in hand to make up the amount to 20s in the pound with interest at the rate of 5 per oent. It was, therefore, pro. posed that a further adjournment should be taken for six weeks, to which all parties interested assented. His Honour said that it was very gratifying to hear it s and granted the adjournment. Mr. Arnold—He could not be taken into custody for that. You could have put him out of your house or called the constable to assist you in doing it, and then, if he made a disturbance, the constable could have taken him upon his own authority. _ _ _ Complainant—He was drunk, and he behaved very dis gracefully at my house. Mr. Arnold—l can't see how he can be given into custody for what he did. Complainant—Ho made a great noise at my house. Mr. Arnold—He is charged on the sheet with being drunk and annoying you, and he should not have been taken into custody for what he did there. (To the police conAable)—Did you take the defendant on your own charge, or on the complainant's Pollee-constable—On the complainant's charge. Mr. Arnold—Then he is not properly before me. He is discharged. Acting Inspector—He was drunk and making a disturb ance in the public street. Mr. Arnold—Then he should have been so charged. The complaint before me was for being at Mr. Damack's house and annoying him. The constable says that he did not take him on his own authority for disturbing the public peace, which he might have done. THAMES. COMMITTAL OF Two SHOPLIFTERS.—Emma Smith, aged 24, of No. 10, Butler's-buildings, Brick-lane, Spital fields, calling herself a willow weavereas, and Ellen Leary, 23, of No. 2, Crown-court, Upper East Smithfield, who described herself as a servant, were brought before Mr Paget on a charge of shoplifting. Mr. Beard, solicitor, defended the prisoners, who were tolerably well-dressed. Mr. John Basden, manager to Mr. George Emery, linendra7er, of No. 31 and 32, Sidney-place, Commercial road, Stepney, said the prisoners came into the shop and asked to look at some mantles. Ho called a young man to attend to them. He left them looking at the mantles for 20 minutes or half an hour. They looked at a great many mantles but did not buy any. They left the mantle broom and went to the ribbon department. He suspected they did not want to buy anything, and on leav ing the shop without making a purchase a piece of ribbon was missed: He charged the prisoners with stealing it, and the piece of ribbon was immediately dropped on the goer of the shop by Emma Smith. She then took a piece of linsey from some part of her dress, and threw it down. The ribbon was valued at 2s 9d, and was the property of Mr. Emery. He knew nothing of the linsey. Charlotte Weatherfield, of No. 6, Philpot-street, Com mercial-road, said " these ladies" (tho prisoners) came into the shop of Mr. Griffiths, my employer, at No. 5, Bedford place, Commercial-road, and said they wanted to purchase a square mantle. They looked at many, and could not find one to suit. We afterwards missed the piece of linsey now produced. Lydia Matthews said she was in the same establishment as the last witness. She exhibited a great many mantles to the prisoner Smith. Leary was seated the whole of the time close to a pile of linseys. William Pople, 288 K, said that Leary told him she was living at 2, Butler's-builings ; that her husband was a sailor, and that ho had been home a fortnight. She after wards said her husband had been living with her six weeks, but she could not say which it was. Mr. Beard felt that he should insult the understanding of the Magistrate if he attempted to contest the facts. The parents of the two young women were very respectable, and were in attendance. The prisoners were not in poverty. The articles they had stolen were not worth 55., and he could not think what possessed them to steal three yards of ribbon and a small piece of linsey. All the friends of the young women were persons of good reputation. He would not set up the absurd plea of kleptcmania, but he really could not divine what two respectable young women could be about to steal two articles of paltry value. 'lnspector Griffin, K division, said the prisoners had no money in their pockets to pay for anything. Mr. Beard—Ladies will go out shopping sometimes with out mono' in their pockets, and order things they purchase to be sent home and pay for them on delivery. Mr. Paget said he did not like to dispose of a case of shoplifting in a summary manner. Mr. Beard—There are two cases if you think you cannot punish sufficiently in one case. Mr. Paget—l don't think the prisoners are novices, and I shall commit them for trial. Mr Beard ingeniously attempted to alter the magistrate's decision and obtain a summary conviction, but Mr. Paget was inexorable, and the prisoners were committed for trial. FUNERAL OF A POLICE SERGEANT. —Yesterday afternoon the remains of Henry Joy, formerly a sergeant of the C division of Police—and who died last week after a lingering illness, owing its origin to injuries he received while in execution of his duty— were deposited in their final resting place in Highgate Cemetery. On the funeral cortege reaching the Kentish-town Police station it was preceded by a number of tho A Reserve, and the band of the C division (under the direction of Mr. De Lacy, the bandmaster), and followed by a largo body of the C divi sion, and a host of friends of the deceased, and inhabitants of tho St. James's district—all anxious to pay this tribute of respect to his memory. The procession then wended its way to the cemetery, the band playing the "Dead March in Saul," the "Sicilian Mariners' Hymn," &c. On reaching the cemetery the coffin was borne to the grave by some of the deceased's comrades, and, after the service for the burial of the dead had been read, the band played a requiem over the grave as the mournful ceremony concluded. Mr. liannant, the superintendent of the C division, was present, as also Inspectors Walker, Silverton, Wilson, and Draper, under whose direction the arrange ments were carried out, CHAINS, CABLES, AND ANCHORS BILL. Mr. LAIRD, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the object of the bill was to enable private manu facturers to erect testing machines, and so render them re sponsible for the manufacture of their own articles. The London Society of Shipowners were in favour of the bill, which would be of great benefit to small manufacturers. He combated some other objections to the bill, and said it would not come into operation until June 1865. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE seconded the motion, and ex pressed a hope that the bill would be allowed to go into com mittee when any improvement in detail could be introduced. The expense that would result from the alteration in the law would be insignificant when compared with the importance of the subject to which it related, He quoted different statistics to show that there was a great increase in the num ber in 1862 of the wrecks, which amounted to a loss of no less than 325,043 tons, involving the loss of several hun dred lives, and jeopardising the lives of no less than 14,073 lives. Ninety-three of these disasters were occasioned by the imperfectness of the chains and cables used. Mr, BUTT said he would not oppose the bill, but con sidered that its provisions would not be adequate to prevent fraud. Alderman ROSE supported the bill, and remarked that about 80 per cent. of the chains and cables manufactured were below the proof required. Mr. LINDECA.V . uutiehloa oat i2ao6 il/hco bill vraso glasumooodutry, as the object it proposed was being carried out in Stafford shire, and other parts of the country where chains and cables were extensively manufactured. Elie fact was, that shipowners, for their own sake, would before long use cables and anchors that were not properly tested. If it were known that shipowners used chains and cables of an inferior description it would injure their own interests. He admitted the benevolence of the object, and if the bill would effect only one tenth of that object it should have his hearty support ; but he denied that it would be attended with such a result. He deprecated the interference of Par liament on this subject, which, he contended, would have the effect of relieving manufacturers from a personal responsibiltty, which at present was imposed on them, to produce articles of a good quality. Another evil would be that all the small manutacturers would be ruined and the trade thrown entirely into the hands of the great manufacturers of iStaffordshire and Wales, which would be a great injury to the interests of the shipowners as well as the public generally. Moreover, by the bill no chains and cables that were not tested were to be issued after June, 1865, and those manufacturers whose stock would of course be seriously depreciated , would come to the house, and justly, for compensation. Ho would not offer any factious cppoeition to the bill being read a second time, but he repeated that it would defeat the object in view, as it was founded on false principles. Mr. CAVE said he had no doubt there was necessity for legislation on this subject. With reference to leaving, as had been suggested, this subject to a committee of Lloyd's, it must be remembered that Lloyd's was a very private , company, whose determination one day might b e cancelled the next ; and he contended that it would be more advisable to place on the statute book an enactment on a subject of such importance. He agreed in the principle of the bill, but considered that it requiredlalteration in detail, and that in any committee, who should have to decide this question, the Board of Trade and other public bodies should be repre sent° I. Mr. BENTINCK supported the bill, and he believed that unless they were compelled to do so, shipowners in many cases would purchase not the best articles but the cheapest. They had on record that a large number of casualties had resulted from the use of bad chains and cables, and although in some cases no human provision could pre vent disasters, still it was desirable that there should be legislation in order to- prevent a recurrence of such disasters as might be averted, He thought that there would be no difficulty in securing efficient articles by the means of such being properly certificated. He con sidered there should bo not only immediate but stringent legislation on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HORSFALL supported the bill, and said that if the Board of Trade were sincere in their desire to c insuperable difficulties in details. Mr. LEFEVRE considered that this subject did no , properly come within the bounds of legislation. Mr. lIASSARD bore testimony, from his ourn expe. rience that shipowners did not always u se the most effi. cient chains and cables, and in many instances, in connec tion with the coasting trade, sailors deserted their vessels in consequence of a due care not being taken of their lives, in whose cases magistrates refused to convict. No doubt there were objections to some portions of the bill, but they could be remedied by the care of the house in committee. The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed next Wednesday. POOR' S RATE. Mr. BERNARD moved for leave to bring in a bill for a more equitable distribution of the charge on landed pro perty for the relief of the sick and destitute known by the name of poor's rate. Mr. GARDE seconded the motion. Mr. COX supported the motion, because it would open the whole question of equalising the poor rate. Mr. WARNER would not oppose the bill, and quoted the statements of a writer in a local newspaper, to show the insufficient house accommodation provided in the country for the poorer classes in which comfort and decency were sacrificed, and which demanded great alleviation. It was admitted by those acquainted with the subject that pa rochial rating failed to effect the object it proposed, and that the area of rating should be considerably extended. He thought legislation on this subject necessary, but he did not feel satisfied that the present measure would meet the evils of the existing system. Mr. PACKE said he also would not oppose the bill at its present stage, but trusted it would be carefully consi dered by the house on the second reading. Sir B. LEIGHTON did not consider the bill would re. dress the grievance complained of in respect to the labour ing population. Mr VILLIERS said that after the discussion which had taken place it must ho evident that a further discussion on the subject. He thought discussion at the present stage of the bill was unnecessary, more particularly as Governu'n did not intend to oppose the introduction of th e bill ilet th o ught that the object of the hon , member who br ought: forward the measure was to substitute union rating for parochial rating. That principle had beer. discussed pre• viously, but had not been sanctioned by the house, although i s t u b b j a e d e e w c i e ui i v s e u d n t ho surrounds d p d r o w v i a t l h o ( f i i de c e u r i e t n i e t sev e rI commissioners.owhtehll;hade r o e n m t o h v e e d, question,an d rie,ahtee rhmember facilities , affordedllereentleorreileignitsn alb:steitnnagtemeut to show that of late years there had been a con siderable improvement in re gar d to u the relief of the poor, and he expressed a belief th at ultimately the principle of union rating would be adopted, v the present session or n ut ho w o uldNhether it would be during diet. not undertake to pro- Mr. HENLEY would not oppose the motion, but he be lieved the bill would have an effect directly opposite to that which it proposed, At present there was no pressure in the country in regard to the poor-rate, and there was plenty of employment. Mr. B ARROW said that the law of settlement was be coining obsol e t e, be introdu ce gradually. lie objected to exten di ng t h e area and ho thought any further change should of rating, as it would diminish the interest which guardians would led in keeping down the mates. Mr, BERN4RD said that as he uhderatood the subject This bankrupt was described as a baker, of Camberwell and this was a meeting far last examination and discharge. Mr. W. R. Buchanan appeared for the bankrupt, who had formerly been a sugar baker, but went into business on hie own accunt as a baker, ani lost his capital, and now owes £lB2, and no assets, the deficiency being bad debts. There was no opposition, and the discharge was granted. THIRD EDITION SUN•OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SALE OF THE GREAT EASTERN, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17. The Great Eastern has just been knocked down at anetion to the Great Eastern Steam Company (Limited). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHELMSFORD RACES--IRIS DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Lord of Linne Diomed Nine ran. BELHUS SELLING RACE. Virginia .... Dominie Sampson Seven ran. HYDE HANDICAP PLATE. Dilaton Mrs. Somerville Seven ran. BOREHAM PLATE. Attention Miss Webb $ 2 Nine ran. HURDLE RACE. Evelyn Peep o' Day ROUS STAKES. Canzonette Zeloo Four ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS, Several private bills were read a second time, and ordered :o be committed, and some bills were read a first time, PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented in favour of the allowance of pensions to retiring medical officers attached to unions, and for the repeal of the duty on fire and life insurance. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CRAWLEY. Lord HOTIIA.M gave notice that on Friday next ho would move for the production of certain memoranda issued by Field-Marshal the Commander-in. Chief respecting the conduct of Surgeon Turnbull, and in reference to the recent court••martial at Aldershot. RS BRANTIGAR. RB 1. D. HALL. Mr. Laurence said that this was a judgment:summong; and the question was, whether the debt was contracted before the passing of the last act, and judgment was not signed till afterwards, the Court had jurisdiction. There was an appeal pending before the Lord Chancellor, in an tr wn,il,l be decided in a few days. It was therefore proposed that the present case should be adjourned till Monday week to see how far the dacisioq would go. JONES V. COLE. This was a summons under the Small Debts Act. Mr. Read appeared for the plaintiff. His Honour said he must repeat what he had said or a previous occasion, that in these cases counsel ought not to be engaged, enhancing the expenses of poor suitors, wherA all the Court had to do was to examine the debtor as to his means of paying, and make such order as it might think fit. Mr. Reed said that it had been the practice in the Insol vent Court to have counsel in such cases. His Honour said that in that court attorneys could nO be heard. Mr. Reed—They could in some matters ; but counsel had the right of audience. His Honour repeated that he did not think counsel should be instructed in these cases, and proceeded to examine the defendant, who offered £1 a month, which plaintiff refusal to accept, requiring £5. His Honour made an order at £2 per month. BRIGHTON ELECTION, DECLARATION OF THE POLL. BRIGHTON ? Tuesday. The official declaration of the poll took place at eleve4 o'clock this morning. Ths MAYOR announced the numbers as follows : Mooro (Conservative) .. 1,663 Fawcett Goldsmid Dumas Harper B2 A great crowd was present. Messrs. Moore, Gl-Adsmid, and Fawcett spoke, but Fawcett only was heard. Mr. Dumas was unable to attend, having been badly used last night by the mob. Mr. Harper was also absent, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market firm. Sales, probably 7,000 bales. Imi port, 2,405; previously, 34,836. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A limited supply of home - grown wheat was recei ve d fresh up to our market to - day, in poor condition. D ry samples the a at clkainonsiddaeyra'sbclue proportion ; otherwise of the trademoved was dull, off slow ly, and supply was left unsold at the close of busin ess , With foreign wheat the market was w e ll supplied. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, yet no change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates: Fine malting barley ruled firm, at very full prices. In ferior parcels were, however, in slow request, at presiriowl quotations. The malt trade was quiet, on former terms. The supply of oats on sale was moderate. For all qualities the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. With beans the market was well supplied, and the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the currency. Grey peas were difficult of sale, and rather cheaper. Oraer descriptions were unaltered in price from Monday. Flour changed hands to a very moderate extent, at lattl rates. ARRIVALS THIS WI . Wheat Barley. Malt Oar& Flout 340 ... .... Hnglieh.. 510 1 700 i 430 770 Irish " " ....... __ Foreign...... 5,130 1 3,100 s ' 2® _ 3,080 2050 aka; 9 30 bat BOROUGH HOP. A moderate businoss is passing in moat kinds of ltop* and prioes are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale here is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s Gd; veal. 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per Sibs by tilt) carcase. 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